Art at work
Acquiescence & Mystery; Jonah
Grapple & Sanctify, Jacob
Parable and Absolute, Job;
Balaam; Submission and Revelation
Warrior with Memory
Veritas Vos LIberabit
Sticks
She Remembers
Several Good Ideas
Saltimbanque
Release with Bees
Redemption Cycle
Oh Jonah
Oh Jonah
Jack
Stream (detail)
Stream
Jack
King Charles
Bounty
Best of Show
Category Archives: Art in the Works
Acquiescence & Mystery; Jonah
It is quite an endeavor to spend a whole semester on one work of art, but in the Fall of 2014, any moment I had for studio time was poured into Acquiescence and Mystery; Jonah. Continuing on the body of … Continue reading
Submission & Revelation; Balaam
In May of 2011 traveling abroad with students in England I was smitten. At the National Gallery in London I saw in the flesh Veronese’s Four Allegories of Love. Painted around 1575, the awkward angles, staged narratives, and stilted compositions … Continue reading
The Process of Balaam
I thought I’d give you a little insight here into the process I went through when creating a recent work “Submission & Revelation; Balaam” One of the slides is actually sideways as the painting was turned on its side while … Continue reading
Best of Show
When Catherine Alexander, the director of the Bush Barn Art Center in Salem, asked me to be a part of Curios and Curiosities I felt I was invited to surrender to the process of art making. I am by nature … Continue reading
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Tagged allegroical figures, assemblage, curiosity cabinet, folk art, memory box, Wunderkammer art
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Oil Painting using Technological Help
I have created works that I’ve shown you here using a program called Sketchbook Pro on an I-Pad. A studio mate of my buddy Dan in Southern California uses the program to help him figure out color combinations when he … Continue reading
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Tagged figuring out a background, how to paint, process of painting, sketchbook pro
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Men in the Night Sky
I found myself pondering constellations, and the idea of the “presence” of others in the sky or realities beyond what is seen. And so, on my I-Pad I began drawing figures emerging out of the sky. In being a part … Continue reading
More Summer Figures
Ah I know we are well into fall but I needed to get a couple more sculptures out here to you all from this summer. Here they be:
Summer Figures
I don’t think I’ve posted a number of the figures I was working on this summer, so thought I would do so here today with some brief explanations.
Still Life with Lion…
So I liked the little sketch I just posted so much I did a digital version of this little lion hiding. I didn’t have the original with me when I created the electronic image. I find it interesting to … Continue reading
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Tagged digital drawing, drawing of a lion, I-pad drawings, lion hiding, lion in a still ife
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Sketch of a King
Thought I’d drop a sketch I did on my I-Pad this summer on here this morning. I wanted to experiment doing an image that looks like a pen drawing when I was working on this. The advantage of the I-Pad … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the Works, Thoughts and Sketches
Tagged drawing of a king, I-pad drawings, King sketch, sketchbook pro
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